i'm getting this process done as far as starting now. so i think i can move on, move on with my life. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, hey, hello everybody. it is tuesday. >> what do you say, good morning, everybody. it is monday october 15, so good to see you today. welcome to the full court press here on current tv. this is where we bring you up to date on all the news of the day. starting off this new week, hope you had a good weekend by the way. we'll tell you what's going on in our nation's capitol around

the country and around the globe and take your calls at 1-866-55-press. our president is being accused of not providing enough security our embassy. what romney campaign is not telling you is that the republicans refused to fund it. we start off saying good morning to lisa ferguson standing by with this morning's current tv update. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the poles are tight going into tomorrow's presidential debate. a new poll has the president up 49-46 over romney. according to public policy polling, romney is taking the lead in at least two swing

states, now up by one point in florida and two points in north carolina. p.p.p. does normally lean to the left so the fact that it is showing romney in the lead here could be more significant than usual. one factor could be evangelical they are typically against the mormon candidate. they nearly mess said up the primary for him. they are changing their tune and playing a big part in his efforts to win over virginia and several other swing states. the president though, does hold a huge lead with early voters. according to reuters, he is ahead of romney 59% to 31% with people who already voted. team obama is promising an interesting debate tomorrow. david axelrod says he will not get into details about specific strategy changes but says you should definitely watch and show

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our team here, peter ogburn and dan, good morning guys. >> he's back from special assignment in kauai or maui, did we figure that out? >> he's not talking but he's wearing his coconut bra. >> there's a lot of sports over the weekend. i was out of town friday night so you can't blame me. i did not go to the game. i did not watch the game, but what a heartbreaker for the nationals. carol was up, watched the entire game, so i got the play-by-play from her. into the ninth inning, right and you're ahead 7-5? >> 7-5. >> ahead 7-5 you get two outs.

you've got two strikes on the batter, so there's one strike between you and the playoffs, and the cards scored four runs. >> it was unbelievable. it was unbelievable. >> never heard anything like that. >> the nats were up 6-0 at 1 point. >> bill: i know, peter i got your tweet. i was out to dinner in nashville after the book signing. i got your tweet how about those nats. >> it was crushing. >> bill: how could you throw it away like that? one strike! what a saddenedding to a great season. >> a phenomenal season and they remain a great team. >> bill: yep yep. >> it was young wildly -- poorly managed at the end of that game, so poorly managed. they have great pitchers they put in, edwin jackson who is not

their best. they had better pitches ready to go. he gave up runs. they could have walked a batter to get to the pitcher in the ninth inning, but didn't do that. they didn't walk him. they let him hit and he drove in two runs. >> how sad. >> fundamental baseball. >> bill: the cards went on to san francisco where the giants are ready for them, but not ready enough, i guess. here's the end of the cards game yesterday. >> ground ball to the first baseman, knocked it down, got him. redbirds win this 16-4. they had taken the first of this best of seven from the giants. >> bill: it's tough for the giants to lose the first one on their home field there. >> at&t park. >> it's a great park, by the way. i love watching there. they play again tonight right?

today in san francisco. >> yep uh-huh. >> let's go giants. >> bill: i have one bit of advice for all of you watching or listening or right here in the studio. drop everything you're doing right now and go see argo. >> i heard it's fantastic. >> bill: it is an incredible story, incredible movie. ben affleck, phenomenal. as much as i follow this news, i didn't even know this story about way back in the iranian hostage situation back in the late 1970's when there were six that got out and escaped into the canadian ambassador's residence, not to the embass, the residence and were hold up there and this c.i.a. guy comes up with a plot that they are a canadian film crew and actually gets them out of the country.

it's just gripping, really, really exciting and well done. >> i'm going to check it out this week. >> it didn't win the box office, it came up number two, but word of mouth this is a me nominal movie. it's great. go see it. >> ok. >> bill: my film credit particular. nuns on the bus, they will be here to tell us about their latest tour. >> our sports guy come along to cap up the last end of the baseball season. but first. >> from other headlines making news the sky diver attempting to jump to earth from the edge of space did so successfully yesterday. >> bill: he did it! >> jumping from his capsule and specialized suit from an altitude of 128,000 feet, 24 miles above the new mexico

desert. it took him less than 10 minutes to land back on earth reaching 833.9 miles per hour faster than the speed of sound. >> isn't it amazing? but you can go 24 miles in 10 minutes? right when you look at those pictures up there how the hell do they know he's going to land in new mexico. >> it was unbelievable. >> i think freefall, you could land in the middle of the atlantic ocean. >> we pulled it up just in time to watch him lift off. here we go. he's going to be in position for two and a half more hours. it takes that long to get you the, not that long to get down. >> the space shuttle endeavor reached its retirement home traveling just two miles an hour for 12 miles. >> not even in some plates. >> a 160 wheel trailer to get to

the museum. the trip took longer than anticipated because of tough turns it had to make. at one point, it was towed by a toyota tundra. that was filmed by the car company for an upcoming car commercial. >> damned right they filmed that. >> the only issues they ran into was one of the wings clipped a fire hydrant spraying water everywhere but that was fixed. >> it was a street carnival moving that thing looking l.a., not to member the hundreds of trees they had to cut down. >> i'm surprised me didn't show up with graffiti on it. >> another public official divorcing, senator mark prior and his wife are calling it quits. it is said it was a mutual decision. they have two teenage children together. >> speaking of u.s. senators, word today about arlen specter.

i'm sure you heard that arlen specter affectionately known at snarlin arlen passed away, succumbing to lymphoma. specter was one of those guys that you, you know, he was a tough old bird. we thought nothing would kill him. he had lymphoma but previously fought through hodgkin's disease. he also had a brain tumor and had open heart surgery. i mean, he was always battling one form of cancer or one life threatens disease or another. specter was a republican, as you remember starting out as a prosecutor was elected as a tough law and order guy started out as a represent.

then the tea party felt that he wasn't conservative enough for them, so he went after them and just a few years ago i remember very clearly i'm sure you do, too when president obama and vice president joe biden in the white house substitute there with arlen specter who had switched his party affiliation from republican to democratic, said well, let's let arlen specter tell you why he decided he wasn't going to stay with the republican party. >> i'm not prepared to have my 29 year record in the united states senate decided by the tennessee republican primary election. >> because the tea party the yahoos that have taken over the republican party lamenting it. >> their willingness to lose the general election, if they can

purify the party, they are on a rebellion. >> a rebellion against them. arlen specter was in many ways a conservative. he was one of those guys you couldn't really figure out. it was he more than anybody else who really challenged anita hill. he was known as the toughest investigator if you will, on the senate judiciary committee. he went after anita hill, damaged her credibility was more than anybody else responsible for clarence thomas getting on the court. arlen specter was a big supporter of john roberts of samuel alito. he helped direct, shape the direction of the court in the wrong direction for decades with those particular people on the court. at the same time, specter bolted from his party on many key

issues. he was a pro-choice republican. he strongly supported roe v. wade, supported the right of women to have access to contraceptive services. he was a strong pro labor vote. i know my friends in the labor unions in pennsylvania all support the arlen specter because -- well not all but strongly supported because he was a good labor voted. he was a very strong supporter of the raising the minimum wage, adjusting or inflation. on the court even though he helped clarence thomas get on, he led fight against robert bork. he helped keep bork off the court. when president obama put forth the stimulus package arlen specter voted for it, one of the three republicans to do so, because he thought it was the

right thing or the country. that vote more than anything else cost him his seat. he was against citizens united, felt that was a terrible thing and said so. arlen specter, prosecutor, tough law and order said this was a sham trial that they were having that we shouldn't be going through this whole national trauma. when it came time to vote and the senators had a vote guilty or not guilty, arlen specter said there's a third choice under old english law. i'm allowed to vote not proven. that was his vote, therefore not guilty. it was a few months ago that arlen specter was asked about mitt romney. >> the republican party has moved so far to the right you can't recognize mitt romney.

what will romney appear in october? bill walsh said it exactly right. he said that mitt romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen. >> classic arlen specter. what is sad is not so much his passing, i'd love to get your comments about it, 1-866-55-press, it's like he was the last moderate standing. will we ever see another republican like that? another republican like a howard baker, like bob dole, another republican like a richard lugar who was willing to govern, who was willing to work together with democrats who was willing to if i dare use the word, compromise. compromise is not a dirty word. with the passing of arlen specter, i'm afraid it was the passing of the last hope for the republican party the last hope

that this will be -- until we get rid of this current gang of leaders, cantors mcconnell of the world and we need more people like arlen specter we need more people in both parties who are willing to sit down and solve problems and not just campaign 24/7. not just campaign full time, but after the campaign is over, sit down and start governing. arlen specter will we ever see another republican like him? 1-866-55-press, that's our number. let's talk about what this teens. a bunch of yahoos and tea partyers now. will we ever get back an arlen specter? >> announcer: the bill press show, now on current tv. ♪

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snow ♪ >> this is the bill press show. >> bill: 26 minutes after the hour. good to have you with us today. those who served with arlen specter have told many tales about him yesterday after word got out that he had passed away at the age of 82. one of his former aides said at town hall meetings, he would give his standard opening, 10 minutes or so and say now i'll be glad to take your question. anybody who has a question, raise their hand and he would count the hands. ok 12.

and he would take 12 questions and then he would leave. [ laughter ] >> nice! >> bill: his way of saying i'm in charge here and i'm not going to stay forever. >> that's efficient. >> bill: exactly. will we ever see an independent a moderate like that again bruce calling from columbus ohio, good morning. >> caller: good morning. i originally told your screener that i didn't think that was possible but maybe, you know, it really depends on the people, even if they elect a person that the republicans don't back, it would take the people to change the extremism back to the middle. >> it would take these republicans in the primary right to reject the extremist who says i want to go up to washington to shut everything down or i reject any idea of compromise and get somebody who is willing to get things done. >> caller: it may take 50 years

it may take several election cycles to get it there but it is possible. >> bill: well, it may take a wipeout, bruce and maybe they'd see the light. i would hope so. thanks for your calendar, andy in massachusetts. good morning. >> caller: i want to mention that i did originally come from pennsylvania. i'm a democratic and i do mourn the loss of arlen specter because, like you said, a real republican. i think right now the true spirit of the hard core tea party is becoming more and more evident to more people and that's what it's going to take. people are going to see it's hey, wait a minute. some ways, i feel like moderate republicans kind of backing away from a lot of the candidates are kind of going all right we're going to give up on this election and maybe let the tea

party burn itself out. >> bill: all right andy. i hope you're right. more calls coming up. >> announcer: it's the bill press show. ♪ presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the campaigns and from viewers like you. >>now that's politically direct.

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classrooms which this country go to aft.org. >> arlen specter, one of the most colorful members of the u.s. senate, first a democratic, then became a republican, then went back to the democratic party. will he ever, he was forced out of the republican party by the tea party. will we ever see moderate republicans like him again 1-866-55-press the toll-free number. get back to your calls in just a second. first, saw this article out of tulsa, oklahoma, where a reporting a texas man is charged in federal court with using another person's social security number to finance the acquisition of sport utility vehicles and motor homes from multiple credit unions. identity theft you hear bit all the time. you've got to protect yourself against it. i've done it with life lock and encourage you to do the same,

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>> caller: he had willingness to put america first pennsylvania second. >> bill: you were living in pennsylvania at the time? >> caller: i was in allentown. >> bill: how about that. >> caller: i do have one short anecdote. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: leaving a town hall in eastern pennsylvania, talking about health care, people booed arlen, and as we were headed out in the parking lot, i said senator i don't think you made any friends in there tonight. he said sometimes when you're doing the right thing everybody gets mad at you. >> bill: no kidding yeah, that was classic arlen specter huh? >> caller: now i think the republican party increasingly puts me in mind of lemmings headed door to cliff. >> bill: yep. >> caller: i don't think we have anymore moderates. >> bill: terry at some point it seems to me if they want to survive, at some point, they're going to have to realize that

they're turning off average americans, middle americans and they're just not as extreme as the tea party and they don't want -- just look at the last two years, right? they elected 63 tea party republicans to the house of representatives and look what was accomplished for the american people in the last two years, nothing nada, zip bumpkiss. joey is calling from chicago. >> caller: the republican party only fights for the 120,000 richest families. arlen specker was fighting for 120 million families. them are the people we should fight for. i don't see it. i think the republican party has been bought, the house of representatives has been bought by big money. 120,000 of the richest families is controlling 120 million families. screw them. screw them. i wish there was another republican like him, but i don't

think so. >> bill: you don't think they're coming back? >> caller: i don't think so, buddy. >> bill: i would put it this way, unless the person at the republican party calls for advice strategic advice, but i think if they want to survive as a party, they're going to have to get people that will get something done. otherwise what do they have to show for their leadership. what does john boehner have to show for his leadership? zero. he's my agenda's going to be jobs. he hasn't din anything about jobs. they have hurt. they have put more people out of work by refusing to pass any jobs bill. arlen specter could teach john boehner a thing or three. john is calling from state college, pennsylvania. how are you swan? >> caller: how are you? >> bill: you got to know the man, he was a constituent for a

while. >> caller: i met arlen a few times when i was at aflcio. he was chief of staff and had me thrown out of his office. >> bill: what? >> caller: had me thrown out of his office because he was a man from new york and i said anyone from pennsylvania's qualified to do the job. i got bounced. i don't think there will ever be a moderate, because these tea baggers something else, like nazis, but i don't want to give nazis a bad name. >> were you in the labor movement there? >> caller: oh, yes a union officer, yes. >> bill: again, i know members of several unions who told me over the years right no, in pennsylvania, where was arlen specter, because he's been with us and he was a solid labor vote all of those years. ok john, good to hear from you

andy -- we can do without the nazi reference, thank you. andy in delaware. >> caller: i think barack obama and the departments are making a big mistake not giving george w. bush any credit for using tarp money to start the bailout of g.m. and any other car company. i think that for two reasons. one, it's factually incorrect that barack obama did it by himself, and number two it's a perfect example of a republican putting the country above the republican -- the party because they tried to get this through congress in late 2008 and the republicans shot it down. >> bill: well, you know, andy, i take your point but i've heard obama make the point that this -- and departments, i certainly made it here on the show that both the tarp and the auto rescue were both started by

george w. bush and continued by barack obama. >> caller: i haven't heard that. >> bill: maybe they just have to make that point more often because when the republicans attack tarp, they're attacking bush. when romney attacked the auto bailout, he was attacking george w. bush. you're right. they did not originate with obama. a little off the topic on arlen specter, but i appreciate the comment. john is out in muncie, indiana. >> caller: good morning if you want a perfect example of what they've done to themselves, what happened with richard lugar getting defeated by richard murdoch. he ran six years ago unopposed now he's out of office. we've got richard murdoch in there who has come up, he lost a half billion dollars of tax money. he's come out against wants to

repeal the direct election of senators regardless of whatever joe donnelly's brought up, they're just doing themselves do, you know, they're going to lose a safe seat this year. >> bill: now, john is, i mean, lugar is a perfect example of somebody, like an arlen specter right, somebody who represented the best of the republican party and again, not a democratic by any means right. >> caller: no, no, no. >> bill: they were real republicans, but at the same time, they put their country and american people ahead of their party, and that's what we don't see today with the tea partyers, john. appreciate it, by the way you've got a great candidate in joe donnelly. he's going to make a great united states senator. here's what the american people want and i've said this many times but want to make the point again. i've been involved as a candidate and campaign manager and just a grunt volunteer in

many many, many campaigns and in every political campaign one fight like hell to win. you never want to lose. you want your candidate to win your cause to win and that's what politics is all about. but after the election what america wants are the winners and losers who will sit down and say ok, now the election's behind us, we've got two years or four years or six years to get things done. what are the problems facing this country and how are we going to work together to build a better country and to solve these problems? that is what's lacking today on the republican side. democrats are still willing to do it. we don't have republicans today that are willing to do it. arlen specter was one of the last ones. may he rest in peace. >> announcer: radio meets television, the "bill press show," now on current t.v.

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♪ announce this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> all right, 13 minutes before the top of the hour now, here we go on the full court press. good morning everybody. great to see you today. so second presidential debate tomorrow night. everybody reassuring us that president obama will be ready for this one come out swinging. we're still trying to figure out who the hell mitt romney is, and what did he really accomplish, if anything when he was governor of massachusetts which is why we turn again this morning to someone who knows him well, was

mayor of northampton massachusetts when mitt romney was governor, former northampton massachusetts mayor claire higgins joining us this morning. good morning madam mayor. >> caller: good morning mr. press. i'm no longer the mayor i'm just a civilian now. call me claire. >> bill: i'll call you claire, you can call me bill. >> caller: all right. >> bill: "the new york times" has an interesting article the headline "as massachusetts governor, romney was off 10 away." it points out that when he was governor during his four year term he spent more than one year, 417 days out of the state most of that time on personal or political business, not doing his job at governor. you must have seen that, the absentee governor, i guess right? >> caller: well, yes i saw the

article, but i also lived that. i know that he was not around. we all knew it. he was out of state especially his last two years as governor, really running against massachusetts as he set up a run for president nationally. >> bill: i was going to say so do you think at the time already he was thinking about increasing his national profile. >> caller: absolutely, absolutely. i think "the new york times" sunday magazine a couple weeks ago made that point pretty clear, too but it was cheer here he was running around the country, making fun of massachusetts on the carnival vegetarian convention, when he talked about being a conservative in massachusetts. >> bill: in the debate the last -- first presidential debate, he made the point i think he did this too down in tampa that i know all about schools, i know about education i have a proven record, massachusetts schools are number one in the nation and basically

saying and i'm responsible for it. what is his real record? how much credit should he get? >> caller: yeah, massachusetts schools are in many ways doing very, very well. that work started well before he was governor and continued well after his short period of time that he was actually an active governor here. he was the steward for four years. during the period of stewardship, the state's share of education spending went down and local spending on schools went up. for instance, my school was cut by 20% during that period, which meant that i had to make some pretty dramatic cuts, proposed dramatic cuts in my school system. we laid off teachers, paraprofessionals, public works employees and others that are

critical. he presided over those cuts, because certainly the state budget was out of balance. it was a tough time and as a former chief elected official, i understand how difficult that can be. i don't think he's totally frank about the fact that his -- during his time as governor, it was very difficult for local school systems. >> and it's a question of priorities when you make tough cuts. if you pick education primarily kindergarten through 12 education, right? he also cut higher ed. >> is that right? massachusetts is one of the states that massachusetts is on the lower end nationally. >> bill: he bragged about as governor that he knows how to create jobs, not just at bain

capital, but massachusetts. >> caller: our unemployment rate or our employment rate, i think we were 48 or 47th out of 50 during his time as governor. i don't think he showed any particular talent for creating jobs as a public sector person. you know, let's be honest, being a private businessman at bain capital, you certainly get experience, but it's not always transferable experience to working in government, and the things that work to create or quite frankly destroy jobs at bain capital not the same skills you need presiding as a chief elected official. >> bill: he made a big point in the debate about i was mr. easy to get along with, i reached across the aisle, met with democrats all the time, we worked together and got things done. was he known as such a friendly

republican if you will at the time? >> no. you know, listen, he didn't run again. why didn't he run again if he was, you know, because he knew he -- i think he knew he wouldn't win number one. number two i think he's very proudly announced that he voluntary toed 800 bills. i think 700 of those were overridden. if he got along well with the legislation, why did he have to veto? the cuts that he did early on, the 20% cuts were done because they gave him the power to make cuts in the budget on an emergency basis and then supported those moving forward. he recruited 131 people to run against members of the legislature and actually lost seats for his party during the election. he was not a particularly

bipartisan guy. i can say that i'm not opposed to working with republicans. we worked successfully with paul salucci and bill welt. all of those people worked successfully with the legislature. mitt romney was not a guy who worked successfully with the legislature unless it was in his best interest. he wanted to pass universal health care because it was something to run for president on. now he can't get away from it fast enough, but at the time, he wanted it on his resume. >> bill: claire, we got to go. i thank you so much for your time and sharing that in sight about mitt romney. the more we see of his record at governor of massachusetts, the less impressed we are and the american people are. claire higgins is former mayor of northampton mass. >> announcer: this is the bill

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weigh in on 1-866-55-press. here we go, the second presidential debate tomorrow night from long island, and you can bet that president obama is not just going to show up at this one. like joe biden hes going to come out swinging and we're going to see the real barack obama tomorrow night. look forward to it, very excited about it. we'll talk about that and a a whole lot more. first, lisa ferguson in los angeles. good morning to you. >> good morning departments are hitting romney on his leaked 47% videos with videos of their own. actually is a new anti romney theories with monologues performed by celebrities. rosy perez addressed romney's comment that he would have an easier time getting eelected if he were latino. here's a look at some of the

best parts. [ laughter ] >> actually, mitt, that is so true. think of all our hispanic american presidents, george washington, george bush. what if you were just a little bit gay mitt! think of all the advantage that would provide! >> definitely look up that one on line if you want to see the whole thing. she finishes saying the real reason latinos will not vote for romney are that his policies suck. her words not mine. >> american bridge are behind the series and say videos to come will address romney's outrageous lice and out of touch statements. >> the congressional committee has 16 new ads underway for a total of $6 million targeting

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so good to see you today. you're looking good. hope you had a great weekend and are ready to rock and roll with all the big stories of the day here. coming to you live from our nation's capitol and our studio here on capitol hill in washington d.c., and just good to have you with us. we've got a lot to talk about today and not just tomorrow night's debate, but the passing of arlen specter over the weekend and growing republican criticism about the administration's response to the terrorist attack in libya at benghazi in libya. 1-866-55-press is our toll free number. be glad to take your call. we've got the whole team resembled for you today peter and dan with cyprian.

big sports weekend. baseball and football. i don't have any nats cap on for a reason. they're done for the season, and now the redskins broke an eight-game home-game losing streak yesterday in spectacular fashion. rg3 getting the ball and deciding to run with it and man does he take off. >> motion to the right takes the snap, scrambles up the middle, breaks the tackle, to the 30, 35, 40, 50, rg3! electrifying! all the way! into the end zone! rg3 for the touchdown! can you believe it? >> bill: 76 yards, wow. >> that's good! he is an amazing quarterback. he is the perfect mix of new school quarterbacks that can scramble and really run and the old school that aren't afraid to take a lick or two in the game. >> bill: right.

>> we'll see how long that lasts, you know. >> he did have a concussion last week. >> he takes the shots. he takes more shots than maybe any other quarterback out there. kind of better than schuler right? >> i'm sorry who? >> bill: is he a quarterback? >> oh, yes, he was. >> a pretty mediocre one. >> he was great in college but boy, once he came here... >> he wasn't so great in congress, either. >> that's right. >> bill: i want to say again i'm on a mission this morning ok? my advice to all of you is, all you watching, all of you listening, you guys in the studio go see the movie argo. it opened this weekend. it is phenomenal. it's such a great story so well told. a story i didn't remember anything about back to the iranian hostage crisis.

just go see argo. and with that, we've got sister simone campbell from nuns on the bus in studio with us. we'll talk to our sports editor, dave we've adopted him. they play him, we adopted him. all that coming up, but first this is the full court press. >> headlines making news, the major league baseball championship series got underway. the new york yankees are having a rough go at it against the tigers 2-0. derek jeter broke hissing a yell. nlcs,ed cardinals won over san francisco 6-4 yesterday game two in that series. tonight, yankees-detroit tomorrow. >> bill: yankees have had a hard time. a-rod benched.

>> they sat him down for a couple games. >> bill: because he's been playing such poor baseball. >> i'm on team tigers, by the way. i jumped ship from the nationals, i'm now on the tigers bandwagon. >> eric clapton is a bit richer, a painting from his private art collection sold for over $34 million. >> whoa! >> at an auction. the painter was sold for the highest price ever for a work by a living artist. eric clapton bought the oil on canvas, part of a series of three for just over $3,000,000.10 years ago so its value increased 10 fold. >> bill: whoa! i wonder how much the artist gets out of that sale. >> mmm hmm. >> some welcome news for hockey fan. >> bill: probably not much, a dollar and a half. >> welcome news for hockey fans who are supposed to be enjoying the start of the season last

week but did not because of the lockout, they locked out players. they announced they will resume talks. for now games canceled through act 20 with four, the last lockout was for the season. >> bill: the tickets for the next playoff. >> they don't get charged for them. they put a hold on the money. >> bill: is that what they do? >> why? did you buy some? >> bill: no, but i was thinking about it. the new issue that has cropped up i want to talk to you about this, i'm sure you heard a lot about it and get your calls at 1-866-55-press. now republicans are trying to make a big issue out of national security, particularly what

happened in the benghazi where our ambassador was killed and republicans are charging that the president failed to provide security and misled the american people about the nature of the attack reporting at first which i heard, you know, down in the white house from jay carney that the protest -- it was a protest in response to the airing of this video and that in fact, instead of reporting from the very beginning that it was a terrorist attack plotted and planned and carried off by some group affiliated with al-qaeda.

lindsey graham, spear carrier for john mccain is the one who's been leading the charge and he was on the sunday talk shows yesterday, making the point again that the administration was misleading americans. >> either they are misleading the american people or are incredibly incompetent. there was no way with anybody looking at all that you could believe five days after the attack that it was a riot. there was no riot at all. to say that, he's very incompetent or misleading. >> in fact as joe biden made clear in last week's debate, the administration was saying that because that's what they were being told by our people on the ground in benghazi. there was a lot of confusion at the time. during when the thing was going -- when this protest or incident, whatever you want to call it was going on or this

attack was going on and in the days immediately following they weren't sure exactly how it got started, how it kind of escalated and who was behind it. lindsey graham actually goes on to make the totally outrageous statement that which republicans would really love to try to get the american people to believe i don't think they will be successful that somehow, barack obama has made us more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. >> when something goes bad they deny, deceive and delay. the truth is, we're not safer al-qaeda is alive bin laden may be dead, al-qaeda's alive and they're counter attacking throughout the entire region. the truth is that the foreign policy choices of president obama is allows the region to become unraveled. >> the truth is just the

opposite. they are trying to scare the crop out of the american people and make you believe that they'd be safer if a republican is in the white house. they're just dead wrong on this issue and the facts prove it. osama bin laden is gone. george bush did nothing about him. muammar gadhafi is dead and gone. george bush did nothing about it. al-qaeda is not alive. it is practically destroyed. all of their major leadership except for al zawhiri because of the drone attacks against them. if i were one of the terrorists involved in libya, i'd be looking for a different country because you know barack obama is not going to rest until he finds out who they are and takes care of them, given his record. let's set the record straight about this. again, love to get your calls because this has become now this

hot issue, all over the news this weekend and this morning about benghazi. let's set the record straight. first of all, it is disgusting, i think it is outrageous, it is despicable to try to exploit for political purposes the murder, the assassination of an american ambassador and three other americans. this was a terrorist attack on american soil, because our embassy, no matter where it is in the world that's american soil. this was a terrorist attack on american soil and what we have traditionally always done whenever this happens remember september 11, is rally together behind the president, pull together and say we are americans, we are all offended, we are all angry that we have been attacked and we are going to fight back. republicans don't do it in this case. they immediately mitt romney plead tried to exploit this for political purposes even before we knew that chris stevens had

been killed, mitt romney was out there attacking president obama on this issue making a political attack against the president on this issue so that is disgusting. it is despicable. i even think it is close to if not in fact, treason. second point is they say that boy, there was a recommendation by a state department official that we keep the marine guards on duty and not let this extra contingent of marines leave libya. that happens to be true and mama rein contingent was protecting in tripoli not benghazi. even if and maybe they should have even if the state department had agreed to leave those extra marines there, they would not have been in benghazi. the man who made the charge admitted in testimony on the hill last week that even if they had built a great big wall around that embassy in benghazi, it would not have helped, it would not have prevented this

kind of attack and those marines would not have been there, they would have been in tripoli. this idea that they ignored a plea to keep some more people on the scene is just simply dead wrong. they know it's dead wrong. we're talking about tripoli not benghazi. thirdly and the new york times makes this point this morning it's easy for republicans today to criticize the obama administration for not having more security at this embassy when in fact, these republicans are the ones who cut a state department request for more security by half a billion dollars. state department put in a request for more funds for more guards and to upgrade embassy security, building better walls around or better protection. that request was cut by half a billion dollars by republicans in the house. darrell issa himself of the

oversight committee voted for an amendment that would have cut 300 more security guards from our embassies and the paul ryan budget cuts even more to protect our foreign embassies by even more. across the board republicans are hypocrites on this issue. i think all america should be offended that they're trying to exploit for cheap political purposes the murder of an american ambassador. by the way, one final point your calls are welcome at 1-866-55-press, if you want to talk about having a warning and ignoring the warning and facing the consequences, does anybody remember august 6, 2001 when george bush was given his daily briefing that said "bin laden determined to strike in the u.s." that followed warnings he received in may june, july for months ahead of time and he did

nothing about it. how do republicans explain that one? careful. careful where you go here, people who live in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones, as they say. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ yourself. with governors granholm, spitzer, and vice president gore, watch the only truly experienced presidential debate coverage.

>>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me

why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: so the republicans shoot down and kill every jobs bill the president has put in front of the congress and then complain about the fact that unemployment is too high.

then they cut funding to increase security at our embassies overseas and then they talk president obama when in fact an embassy is attacked, our embassy in benghazi stagged. they try to have it both ways on every issue. man, i've got to tell you, 26 minutes after the hour, it is the full court press on current tv. irene is calling us from baltimore. what do you say irene. are you there? >> caller: yes, i am. >> bill: hi, what's your point. >> caller: they are trying the same way with bill clinton and white water with monica lewinsky, spend millions of dollars on lies. now obama speaks the truth to the people. there's no reason for this. >> bill: i thought joe biden

laid it out clearly exactly what the facts were. >> caller: yes he did. and to be a republican, you have to be a liar, a cheat and a thief. >> bill: well, i appreciate it. thank you so much. look the facts in this, what's going on is the republicans are doing something, if democrats did this, they would have been crying bloody murder. republicans are taking a terrorist attack against americans, the murder of an american ambassador, and trying to exploit that, use it for cheap political purposes. it's disgusting. it's despicable. it's something we all ought to condemn. on the campaign front here's a recognizable voice the latest ad put out by the obama campaign morgan freeman returns to do his job. >> every president inherits challenges. few have faced so many.

four years later our enemies have been brought to justice our heroes are coming home. assembly lines humming again. there are still challenges to meet, children to educate a middle class to rebuild but the last thing we should do is turn back now. >> i'm barack obama, and i approved this message. >> bill: boy that's a great voice. >> he is so good. he is so good. >> bill: and so convincing. i love that message. it sums it all up. you know, next to james earl jones, don't you think. >> yeah. >> bill: that's about the best voice. >> yeah, totally. >> bill: i haven't seen the commercial. i don't know whether his face appears in the commercial. >> it doesn't. it does not. >> bill: but you don't have to know who it is. >> as soon as he speaks. >> bill: just the voice gives it

away. nuns on the bus back from ohio, in studio with us, coming up next. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the shaft. that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy.

♪ >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome back again to the full court press coming to you live from our nation's capitol from our studio on capitol hill. this monday morning october 15, good to have you with us. one of the most exciting things that happened this year as far as i'm concerned were voices that have come out against the

ryan budget and the republican attempts to really gut all programs impacting or helping the middle class and the poor, and one of the strongest group of voices coming from catholic sisters who banded together and put together their first bus tour called nuns on the bus. they went through nine states. it was so successful that kind of the model nuns of the bus tours have been popping up all over the country. the ringleader is sister simone campbell from the network lobby who is in studio with us again this morning. good morning sister, welcome back. >> glad to be with you. >> bill: last time we saw you was in charlotte, north carolina. that must have been real exciting. >> that was an amazing experience. >> bill: you did a good job. >> thank you so much. we were well prepared. people recognized me when i came

out, which surprised me. i thought i was unknown. we had been prepared to talk over noise. it just went silent. everybody listened. it was amazing. >> bill: we were all taught when the nun speaks, we all shut up. >> glad the training lasted. it was fabulous. >> bill: it was one of the highlights of the convention, absolutely. jennifer granholm gets high marks, as well. >> absolutely. >> bill: michelle obama, joe biden, president obama. you just got back. >> the sisters decided in this really critical time they would go on the road again so did nuns on the bus ohio. i got to be there for two days, the lunch and to do the first leg of the trip. it's a five day trip. they're finishing up. it's an amazing experience of seeing the fabulous programs the

sisters do, visiting asking why did you vote for the budget or vote against. it they've had great response. >> bill: this issue is very much alive, isn't it? >> absolutely. the things that makes us so nervous, is right after the election comes the lame duck session of congress. the republicans continue to hold on to this ryan budget as their fame work. it's the wrong choice for us. we really have to make a clear statement that this is wrong. >> bill: and do you think there's any chance that this message is getting -- what kind of response do you get from republican legislators? >> mostly, they say oh, but we had to do it. it's just how it is. it's bad we have to take care of our economy. >> we say yes we have to take care of our economy our budget deficit, be responsible. the way to do it is what we call reasonable revenue. we have to be clear with each other. we got ourselves into bad

trouble by doing these two chasm cuts and deciding to wage two wars without paying for them. that was the wrong choice then and we have to pay for it. it wasn't because of social programs at all. >> bill: no. and do they get that these republicans legislators what i wonder is do they consider the ryan budget, you know, a plus for them, a help to them? i mean this is a budget that would -- it's not an exaggeration to say get rid of medicare as we know it and turn it into voucher care as joe biden calls it. that can't be too popular to campaign on. >> they keep changing it to we have to be economically responsible, fiscally responsible without looking at the consequences which is the thing that rails us up. you have to look at how you're making those choices to be responsible. >> bill: and what their impact is on real people. >> in fact is the top 1% of income has gone up over 170%

where the middle class has gone up 11% and the lowest 20% has gone down 7%. i mean, and those are the people we think should pay for programs? food? we should take food off people's tables? that's wrong. >> you know, i thought vice president biden did a good job pointing out that the whole republican agenda is geared oh toward 127 families. it's the point where it's .001%. >> we do this how many bar graph where we have people take, line people up, we get the top 1% to take one pace for every 5% of growth. they take 34 steps. the middle class takes two steps. then the lowest 20% takes a step and a half back. >> bill: wow.

>> then you see the problem. the 1% has taken 34% away from the rest of us. they have no idea what's happening. >> bill: the gap widens. >> it keeps getting wider. >> bill: we'll be glad to take your calls at 1-866-55-press. join the conversation and you can follow her good work when she's not here on the program at networklobby.org. so where do things now stand? obviously when the vatican said cool your jets basically to american nuns, you haven't done so. you haven't gone back in the cloister and pulled down the shades. where does it stand with the vatican trying to close down the american nuns. >> right now what's happening is

the council of leader ship of women is in education for the bishops appointed to take over. >> are they educating the bishops or the bishops trying to educate them? >> they may both think they are educating each other. the bishops appointed are not members of the religious congregations so don't know what our life is about. what catholic sisters need toed is educate them what the role of religious life is, it's to be with the people at the margins of our society and speak up. part of our mission is to be an annoyance of the center and part of the centered to be an annoyance to us. we're in good, healthy tension. >> bill: it's an ongoing dialogue. >> yes. i keep telling people it's like watching pink drive when you watch nuns due process. >> i thought a very interesting

question at last week's vice presidential debate. the last question was ok, paul ryan and joe biden here we are we have two catholics running for vice president. two catholics with very different political direction that comes from their catholic faith. what does that tell you about the role of catholic particularly in the political system? >> well, it's interesting to me the way she framed it and then what each did with the question. >> bill: she wanted to focus on abortion. >> it's totally beyond abortion, but congressman rain took it immediately to the abortion question kept it narrowly focused at that and vice president biden took it to the broader life issues, the full play of concerns in our society. >> bill: and his concern for the middle class. >> exactly and the folks president lower levels, too because it is so critical that

we acknowledge the middle class is struggling but if you hit it hard at the middle class, you should see the folks at the bottom. it's desperate. when he speaks of the full approach of life, it's really like what pope benedict says in the letter he sends to catholics about truth when he says both approaches, that individualistic approach regarding abortion as well as the social approach are both grounded in love and we shouldn't be fighting each other, we should be unified however the tension continues. >> bill: it's interesting to see. i always made in my own life, i always contrasted with pat buchanan. pat buchanan and i were together for years and years on cross fire, both catholics both coming out of catholic school. i had been in the seminary, pat thought about it.

pat went in this direction i went in that direction from the same group. >> isn't it amazing. >> bill: of course i think i went the right direction and he went the wrong direction. >> isn't that the trouble. we think we are right and if they would join us, it would be all right. in fact, the pope is right. we should join together. >> bill: nuns on the bus, let's roll with the nuns on the bus. your calls coming up. >> announcer: radio meets television, the "bill press show," now on current tv. ♪ (vo) during the debates, it's hard to know what candidates are thinking. unless, of course you've stood at the podium yourself. with governors granholm, spitzer, and vice president gore, watch the only

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>> announcer: this is the full court press, the "bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> bill: here we go on this monday morning october 15, 22 days now until election day. 13 minutes before the top of the hour and we are in studio with sister simone campbell from the nuns on the bus the network lobby. we will be back to her and your calls. first a reminder. some of you having tough times making ends meet at the end of the month, if you're looking to earn extra income, look into incomeathome.com america's leading doing work at home business. they know what they're doing. this is something you can do. you can literally earn money on your own computer from your own

kitchen table 24/7. if you're sick of living paycheck to paycheck. if your goal is to earn money from home part time or full time, they are giving away $1,000 to somebody just for checking them out. visit incomeathome.com. >> sister, before we get into some of the upcoming nuns on the bus tours, kris is calling from texas. >> caller: my comment is to sister simone. i am a click and instead of preaching on the gospel or homily the decon read word for

word. the most disturbing part of the message is the last sense which i would like to read. a vote for a candidate who promotes actions for behaviors that are evil and gravely simple make you morally complicit and places the eternal salvation of your own soul in serious jeopardy vote. >> bill: that sounds like something the i.r.s. ought to be investigating. >> i do believe there is probably room for investigation on this. things have gotten heated. i believe that document probably comes from the bishop in the diocese not from the conference itself because the faithful citizenship, the document from the whole conference says clearly catholics cannot be a single issue voter you have to look at the whole perspective of life and that all issues, including issues with rewards to the issues we were talking

about, caring for the poor, immigration, a wide array of concerns need to be lifted up. it is very disturbing that many are using their full pit or the diocesen newspapers or parish bulletins to promote a specific point of view. i believe that's why speaking pro the poor, because in new jersey some very strong pro romney statements had been made from the pulpit and i think they're trying to balance out their tax-exempt status. >> bill: the bishop should not be encouraging people to vote based on one issue. >> it's a complex world and what all of the teachings of pope benedict and our catholic bishops say you have to look at the complex reality. you cannot be so simple minded and just think it's within one

issue. >> bill: thanks kris for the tall. >> caller: good morning, i love your show, jill. i am a practicing catholic, i am very upset because we are being told from the pulpit how to vote. i am a firm believer in the separation of the church and state and i will tell you number one, rainy day, you know when any man will tell me how to vote. it really upsets me this is coming off the pulpit. there are older people where i live that take this as gospel. >> that's the anguish currently within our church is that it has gotten so politicized and i don't quite understand why that is true at this point but i do know that clearly the gospel is much bigger than any one party and that we really as clicks need to reclaim that. as far as the separation of church and state the

constitutional prediction against actions on the part of -- with regards to religion prohibits government action. it really doesn't prohibit the churches from doing things, however the i.r.s. law does. the i.r.s. says that any tax status as a church cannot endorse a candidate or do anything that would imply the endorsement of a candidate. so i think they're walking on some slippery slopes here. >> bill: can bishops deny communion to catholic candidates that have voted pro choice. >> they can, they have, they do. i don't know that it would be a legitimate reason for doing it within the catholic church. the thing is we're just celebrating the 50th 50th anniversary of vatican two, our renewal program the law of the world for catholics it even is above the pope,

because it's all of the bishops together in decision-making then it said that conscious is what is key. catholics need to form their own consciences to make choices about voting, about their ordinary lives about all sorts of moral concerns. it's the conscience that's getting lost here. >> bill: what is coming up? >> we've done nuns on the bus in missouri and stanton island. we're going to iowa enough one. we're going to be in madison or green bay wisconsin later this week. we're going to be in colorado after the election. >> bill: oh, my god. >> it's amazing isn't it? >> bill: nuns on a bus coming to a city near you. thanks so much, sister for all your great work. >> thank you. >> bill: check in, and send the good sister some help.

they got to buy some gas for that bus. [ laughter ] >> we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪

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our sports editor for the full court press, talking about the baseball playoffs and about maybe the redskins yesterday, as well. we talked to him last week about the latest scandal with lance armstrong. we always bring you up to date on what president obama is up to. he has one item on his agenda today all day and that is debate prep debate prep. >> thank god! >> bill: joe biden is down there saying don't forget first, you got to show up. >> here's a couple of lines i didn't use mr. president. >> bill: you got to come out swinging and smile. anytime romney is lying smile so the american people know it. he's getting his briefing at the kings mill resort. i stayed there once. they paid, i didn't. kings mill resort just outside of williamsburg, virginia and

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>> bill: good morning, everybody. good to see you today monday october 15 and this is the full court press. welcome to the program here on current tv. we start your day bringing you up to date on the stories of the day, what's making news here in our nation's capitol around the country and globe and give you a chance to talk about it by giving us a call.

our toll free number is 1-866-55-press. good to see you today. hope you had a great weekend. republicans, of course, as you heard are trying to make a big issue out of ban gassy claiming the administration failed to provide enough security for our embassy in benghazi and yet these same republicans in congress voted to slash funding for security at embassies around the world. pure hypocrites on this issue like many others. we'll talk about that, and that's not all but first we get the latest, today's current tv update, lisa ferguson standing by in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the obama campaign is out with a new ad. it fights back against romney's main criticism that the last four years haven't worked, and it's time for something new. this ad shows the economy is improving and the president has people to prove it. >> we have a whole second shift

that we brought in new employees and have a future now. >> when you look at the president's plan, i don't think there can be any question that we're on the right course for today's economy. >> president economy does get what people need and that's jobs. >> he will likely drive home his economic policy, especially keeping taxes low for the middle class while asking the wealthy to pay a little bit more. romney plans on channeling his inner ronald reagan. like we heard ryan say romney will also point to the attacks in benghazi as the unraveling of the obama foreign policy. when you look at the details of the plan, it is incredibly similar to the president's. romney is hitting obama on the high gas prices. although the cost of gas has anything to do with the current president, it does leave obama with a dilemma. he has to decide whether to face the attacks head on or stick

with his current messaging. democratic strategists say the president should stay clear of any policy shifts on gas prices. more bill coming up. we'll be right back. ♪ >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true!

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we appreciate having you with us and look forward to taking your calls at 1-866-55-press this monday morning. in studio with us will dirst good friend all the way from san francisco. and i'll turn myself on off. is that you or me? >> that's me. >> bill: good morning. >> good morning! >> bill: you look good. what is that tee shirt your wearing? >> the giants, the miracle giants. >> bill: i left my nats cap at home today. >> do you have a red one or blue one? >> bill: red one. >> we're honorary giants, since we're playing the cardinals. >> the enemy of your enemy is your friend. >> exactly. go giants. my wife is going to be at the game tonight. >> bill: i'm blessed because i was afraid that coming from the san francisco bay area, right if the giants.

>> who are you rootedding for. >> bill: that it's going to be tough. >> that's what happens to me when the packers play the niners because i'm from wisconsin and we had season tickets to the packers when i was growing up. i've been in san francisco since 1980, so big niner fans. i root for whoever has the ball. all right! all right! he fumbled familiar ok the packers got it! oh no, he full bed. >> bill: sports is more complicated than politics. >> much more. >> bill: we've got the team here. >> good morning. >> bill: have you ever played ashville? >> no, ashville, north carolina, no. >> bill: you got to go. ashville is a great town. i was down there friday night for a little book signing big crowd at a great restaurant, avenue m. there.

it's a great progressive radio station down there, the revolution. lots of people came out from 880 fans and current tv fans. people drove up from tennessee and nashville. it was a lot of fun. got lots of goodies. >> bumper stickers? >> bill: a bunch of bumper stickers. here's my favorite, not just another slut for obama. yes, we are better off than we were in 2008. then glasses look at this. president obama i might have another beer today just one. he actually said that on the road. remember the crowd started chancing four more beers! four more beers!

all of these thanks to a company down there called on a roll, inc. their the ones that originally came up with the toilet paper roll with george bush's face on it. >> that's them, ok! i remember that. >> i still have it someplace. >> bill: you didn't use it. >> i didn't want to use it. >> bill: thank you. thank you. peter, we got some gifts from. >> yeah, a very helpful listener brought me something from the shops, a nice little ornament, or a little hand-crafted pory situation there so. >> bill: this we go. >> we had our big event. >> last time in ashville, they gave me a bottle of wild turkey. >> much better. >> i couldn't take it with me, i had to drink it all morning. you can only take three-ounces with you. >> you had to drink the other 28. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> bill: thanks to terry the

owner and proprietor of avenue m. we went to a restaurant, we were treated to an incredible dinner. >> you are living the life. >> bill: living the life in ashville. then came home and carol and i yesterday, argo, the great, one of the best movies i've seen in a long time, we saw it yesterday. it's all about the iranian hostage crisis. >> argo. yourself. [ laughter ] >> alan ar kin ben affleck and john goodman. >> bryan cranston is in it from breaking bad. i'm not a big ben affleck guy but the guy can direct movies. >> bill: go see it.

our sports editor coming up halfway through the hour but first. >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news, gentlemen, we can now call the election done and overwith, because lindsey lohan has made her endorsement. she supported president obama in 2008 told e news she is supporting mitt romney. >> no! we got her jenna jameson. he's really racking up the celebrity endorsements. >> heavy issues of the day president obama said. >> bill: send this one out to bruce springsteen doing a concert for barack obama. if i had to choose between the boss and the nitwit. >> president obama said he is confident that mariah carey and

nicki minaj will make up. asked who he sided with, the president hesitated to go directly to one or the other but said that mariah carey has done campaigning for him and is a wonderful lady. he has never met nicki minaj but does listen to her. >> bill: only obama would know who these people are. >> remember the phony nicki minaj endorsement of romney. romney said it might be sat tire settlele down here. >> one team remains undefeated in the nfl the falcons leading the raiders to go 6-0. >> oh, my god they beat the raiders! [ laughter ] >> two attempts are 5-1 the

texans. every team has won one game now. >> bill: i didn't see the saints on the bottom of that lift last season. >> one win? redskins two wins? >> three wins. 3-3. >> bill: all right. so will, good to see you. joe biden, joe biden's getting a lot of grief for. >> it was great. >> bill: for the smiles at the debate last week. what did you think? >> i loved it, because every time one of the split screens you saw joe biden smiling you knew ryan lying. >> bill: those ryan eyes, those

lying eyes. >> i thought he was good and everybody was still worried because it could have gone either way. you needed some energy after obama playing his game of angry birds or whatever he had on his ipod that he kept looking down at the podium for. >> bill: that's what he was doing, angry birds. >> but i thought, and the democrats, of course, very worried about joe biden. he's not just a loose cannon, he's a loose aircraft carrier so you don't know. i thought he was spot on, showing off his expensive dental work. >> bill: and he knew his facts. what i love, they came out of the box swinging right from the very one, he said on libya. whatever the question was, he was going to make the point. here's the different between obama and romney and he went down boom, boom, boom, boom, here are the issues.

>> he didn't let ryan get away with these grandiose statements, we are for the lower taxes, but we're not going to cut taxes. like romney, there's no tax cut in my plan. he just coming out that's never happened, because it's happened, it's never happened. well name two, well jack kennedy did. >> oh, so now you're jack kennedy and that one slid by and ryan had at a one zinger that was preplanned about you ought to know when things come out of your mouth that you don't intend. >> bill: that's how he explained the 47%. >> i know! >> bill: which was 20 minutes long the whole riff. >> biden was a little taken aback, but at least i say what i mean. >> bill: and he added so does mitt romney. he knew exactly what he was saying to that crowd.

>> i thought ryan was patronizing, condescending. he had that smirk and romney has the same smirk. it looks a little sling bladey. if you remember the billy bob thornton movie. you look at romney and he's like that and it's kind of creepy. they were obviously coached to do this creepy smile. >> bill: yeah. you know bill maher had the best line of the night. he said should i call 911? there's a grown man beating up a child on the t.v. [ laughter ] >> there's an old man beating a child on t.v. >> well, he did take him to school. >> bill: here's what gets me. they say the american electorate, nobody cares. 70 million people watched the first presidential debate and 51 million tuned in to the vice presidential debate.

>> because people are used to watching competitions. >> bill: maybe that's it. >> we're watching american idol and we know how this works now and if we could vote by phone. [ laughter ] that's the secret. >> bill: maybe that's what it is. do we still know now who mitt romney is as a person? i mean, what kind of a candidate has he proven to be? >> i don't know who he is. the guy is out of touch. you know, we know that. i mean he's -- he talks about i'm not an ardent nascar fan. he said ardent. but i am friends with a couple of the owners. a guy, you know the two cadillacs. my favorite was when he went to the lady, it was a supporter a picnic for supporters and he made fun of her store bought cookies. >> they came from a gas station he said. apparently her pastry chef wasn't on duty that day.

[ laughter ] >> he's so -- and you see when he goes into the crowd at rallies, you can see him shaking hands and you can almost see him going icky, icky, you know there's an aide with a hand sanitizer connected to an air hose. >> >> bill: new york times has a story that when he was governor, four years as governor of massachusetts, he spent 417 days, more than a year out of state on personal travel. i mean, so. >> it's like bush. remember bush, first three years, he spent more than a year either at camp david or in crawford. >> romney doesn't strike me as a guy who clears a lot of brush. >> he's got some mormon boys on missionary doing it for him. that's a question nobody has ever asked. i want to hear one of the town hall people ask romney how many of his five boys were conceived

through the magic underwear. i know you don't bring in religion, but i think the american people have a right to know if their president wears magic underwear. >> bill: don't call him president. >> candidate yeah. >> bill: tucker, when we were doing crossfire. he always wanted to ask orrin hatch that question. he never did. >> not even off camera. >> bill: we asked it among ourselves. i never heard mitt romney ask that question, you're right. candy-crawly tomorrow night. >> what do you think of the moderators? >> bill: i thought martha did a superb job. she favored paul ryan a little bit. jim lehrer, cool local

embarrassment. >> i think that threw obama. >> bill: lehrer did nothing to stop interruptions or keep it on target. >> he tried to and romney justified overwhelmed him. >> bill: and lehrer let him roll over him. >> one of the questions was what do you think of government. what is this, fifth grade social studies? >> bill: we're wide open for your calls at 1-866-55-press, sports politics, movies, magic underwear, the whole gamut. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show" live on your radio and current tv.

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>>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa.

[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: radio meets television the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> bill: here we are 26 minutes after the hour. happy monday. bill durst with is here in studio. we were talking about mitt romney as a candidate. over the weekend we learned of the passing of arlen specter at the age of 82, a rare bird indeed a moderate republican. there's no room for him in the republican party anymore. >> endangered species.

>> bill: he was choiced out by tea partyers in pennsylvania. he was asked about mitt romney and whether republicans could trust somebody like mitt romney. snarlin arlen came through. >> the party has moved so far to the right you can't recognize mitt romney. what mitt romney will appear in october? bill said it exactly right. he said that mitt romney has changed positions more often than a pornographic movie queen. [ laughter ] >> that is so funny. >> bill: there's a line you could lose today or tonight. >> pornographic movie queen. that's an 82-year-old guy saying

porn star. >> pornographic movie queen jenna jameson endorsed romney. we know they think alike. >> republicans are better for rich people. that's actually what she said. >> bill: now with the attempt to reinvent mitt romney or his attempt to reinvent himself you don't know where he stands on any issue. >> on gig. he is gumby. he has scaled so many fences, he could build a tree house from the splinters in his butt. he should say i'm mitt romney and i both approve and disapprove of this ad. >> bill: on abortion, he changed his position three times in two days. i'm going to overturn roe v. wade, i'm not going to do it. the next day he says i'm the pro life candidate. >> it was ted kennedy who said he was the multiple choice

candidate. >> bill: exactly. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today...

♪ >> playoffs? are you kidding me? playoffs? >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ laughter ] >> poor guy he'll never be known or anything else. >> playoffs? >> that will live on forever. >> is it my turn now? >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour. it is the full court press on a monday morning october 15. will durst good friend from san

francisco, lots of laughs in studio with us here. >> willie brown. >> bill: willie had that great show there. >> the will and willie show. i was his cohost. >> from the hotel. >> i can't remember, right on the water. >> bill: the vitali hotel. >> i think you cohosted once when he was gone? yes. >> we do four podcasts before the election. we got one we're taping next week. it runs on 910 now on san francisco and channel 20, as well. >> bill: got it. big sports weekend. we wanted to check in with our sports guru.

we above row him from the nation magazine. they pay him we use him. it's a great deal. dave, how are you doing? >> they're taking lessons from the minsata factory from mitt romney. that's good. >> bill: the last couple days of the show, i had any nats cap on, i want you to know. will durst is in studio here with his giants san francisco baseball tee shirt here on national television 2.0. let's start with the nats. what the hell happened friday night, dave? >> honestly, my head still feels like i used it for forth eight hours like a rectal thermometer. it's a very, very bad feeling. i feel like i've been chewing aspirin for 48 hours. that was one of the more

difficult things i've ever seen. if you allow a pin hole of oxygen for a team of cockroaches like the st. louis cardinals and i say that as a compliment in cockroaches, the cockroach is a noble creature who cannot be destroyed even in case of nuclear war even facing down two runs, facing their last strike in the ninth inning. >> bill: again! >> i say it half very welling at a fact that the statistic that at this point now david freeze, carlos beltran joined babe ruth and albert pujols to have over .320 batting average in the

postseason. >> bill: should they have pitched steve strasburg? >> they should not have sat him in the first place. i wrote this on the next morning very upset, and i got a lot of local d.c. sports columnist who had been acting in a very pravda type fashion. it's been an amazing thing to watch over the last months. i had that column in my quiver for a couple of months. i saw baseball writers from across the country former players, g.m.'s from across the country saying why are the nationals doing this? no one has ever shut down their ace before the playoffs in the history of the game. it's understandable that you want to protect him and not have more than 159 innings why not shut him down in the middle of the year. the team has the best record in

baseball destined for the postseason why not have him when it really counts? mike rizzo said nope, we're doing it our way. hehe said, according to u.s.a. today, this is on bulletin boards of major league baseball teams across the country, he said we're going to be in the postseason for years to come, so this year, whatever. the arrogance of that, the braves we're going to kick his butt. >> that's the lesson about the braves. they won the east 11 years in a row and how many years did they win the world series? one. so general managers across the country are celebrating the fact that rizzo has to eat his words. >> bill: but now you know, we do have the giants alive although they didn't look so alive last night. >> i think they appeared too

much in cincinnati. they were stuck in cincinnati. they didn't know which way to go, east or west. >> bill: and when you're stuck in cincinnati. >> i know, one bar. >> if you're the san francisco giants, 24 hours a day the time is 4:20 so it doesn't matter if you're stuck in cincinnati, ok. >> well, actually, lincecum was the only guy who looked halfway decent last night. the whole bullpen did. >> it's yet another example. there is so muchal chemy and magic in the postseason. >> i wake up every night astrosburg! you see the postseason, the only thing that can conquer the crazy magic that is major league playoffs is pitching. you saw it with cc bath,

lincecum pitching in relief. it's the only thing that can make sense of people coming back from two strikes, two outs. it was taken away from him. >> bill: dave, by the way there's a medication called valtrex, good for herpes. don't ask me why i know. >> i see the news headlines now! >> bill: thal go rhythm that found me. >> it was awful awful performance by alex smith. he had a finger that was banged. he said it was no problem but

he threw three interceptions. the giants defense was so strong yesterday, how could they look so bad in the previous couple of weeks. they barely beat cleveland at home and then trounce the niners. >> the niners who a lot of people think are the most complete team in the nfl. i love alex smith. i'm not a alex smith hater. i think he's had a raw deal since he's been in san francisco. it's well known whether you love him or hate him the guy has probably the smallest happened anybody quarterback has ever had in the history of the nfl. we're talking about like a british royal family small hands. [ laughter ] >> like a step above went and the problem is when you have very small hands. >> he doesn't really have fingers. >> doesn't have fingers at all. >> they're webbed. >> when you have broken fingers with such small hands. as soon as i heard that, i was

like dear god this is alex smith who holds the 49ers record for most throws without an preparation. >> bill: we've got rg3. what a phenomenal talent. is he as good as he seems? >> he's better than advertised. he's a much more accurate passer than a lot of us hoped in our wildest dreams. the guy can easily throw 65-68% from the pocket this year. the other thing that's amazing about him is unlike say a michael vick, another running quarterback, he is a pocket passer first. he runs on design place and when the play breaks down. other than that, he is releasing it so quick we haven't seen it since dan marino. we needed to win yesterday very badly. the washington nationals taste in the mouth was so disgusting.

it was like the day after the first presidential debate. you just felt gross inside. you want to shower with steel wool after that game friday. we needed that win sunday. frankly, let's face it. that's exactly the kind of game the redskins would have blown in years past. >> bill: absolutely. >> when you have a quarterback who can run a 78-yard touchdown it makes things easier. >> that's the reason i tuned in. when i saw the redskins had blown the lead they had built and they were only three minutes left i ran to the t.v. to see if they were going to blow it like they always do, just in time to see that run. >> credit to ivan carter at comcast sports who clocked this, but the last 40 yards that robert griffin was running he wasn't at full speed. >> he was almost taunting. >> he covered that 40 yards in

four seconds flat, though, even with the taunting. i mean, this is someone -- this is an amazing quarterback, who oh, by the way just happens to have carl lewis speed. >> bill: there you go, all right. dave, so good to have you with us today. >> with bill durst an honor to be on the show. >> the honor is mine. >> bill: he has his own blog, edgeofsports.com. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." ♪ presidential debate coverage.

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>> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 13 minutes before the top of the hour on the full court press this monday morning. in studio with will durst political satirist and friend of the program. i don't know if you are into this but i am personally intrigued by my family history. >> the genealogy thing. >> bill: yes because my grandfather would never tell us kids growing up, right all he would say we'd say where did you come from, grandad i'm american indian, which was b.s. he led us on. once i got on television, i started meeting presses all

around the country and every one of them, russian jew. i was raced a catholic in delaware. i'm thinking what is this. i started i've been trying to go back and find out exactly and i was able to get us back to i grew up in delaware. my grandfather came from salem new jersey, across the river. i got back to press back to 1894. it was press, never shortened. i couldn't get beyond there. recently, i hooked up with a sponsor of the program called ancestory.com. it looked like they came to philadelphia from eastern europe.

i'm on the trail now. >> wow! >> bill: thanks to this ancestory.com. try the website to start your journey. you'll have two full weeks to see what you can uncover. visit tryancestory.com and maybe uncover some of the secrets in your family. some we may not want to know. >> i'm the black sheep. i don't even know the spelling of my name. >> this is just a wild guess here. >> i don't know if it's d-u-e or d-u-r.

legally, it's d-u-e. i took the e out because my dad was a little embarrassed by what i did so one step away from him. it's true. he was not into the fact that he was doing political comedy. >> is that right? >> especially since i was not doing the kind of political comedy that he would be doing. >> bill: check it out. what do you think's good -- will you turn your phone off? he's a busy man. >> at least he kept his ringer off. >> well, i forget. [ laughter ] >> aha! i'm sorry boss. >> bill: next time you come back, we'll have a different producer. what do you expect out of this debate tomorrow night? >> i think as you said earlier it will be nice if the president shows up.

i also expect that he'll be more comfortable taking questions from the audience. >> bill: it's a different format. candy crawley i think will do a good job. they expect 12 questions. is it an hour and a half and only 12 questions? >> i know. i know. >> bill: that's a good format. >> that's 7.5 minutes a question. >> bill: he knows right that the last debate. >> he didn't after the debate. he didn't at first. >> bill: but he's seen the tape. i heard him say just as i said, he did not have a good night. he had a bad night romney had a good night. >> he's making fun of it? >> bill: he's got to compensate. >> the very next day, he went to a rally and he was great at the rally. >> bill: yes. i think he knows he's got to be a little more animated, pay

attention, and call romney out on all of those lies. if he tries at $716 billion again, right. >> that's hard to explain though. that's the problem with that. that's hard to explain. the 20% tax cut across the board, but i don't have a tax cut for rich people, what does that mean? >> bill: it's math, arithmetic. >> it's arithmetic, i love that. >> bill: the 47%. >> the bill clinton thing it's arithmetic. but pinning romney down, it's like trying to glue jell-o to a sponge. there's no, you know, it's... >> bill: but, you know, sacred heart high school in san francisco where i used to teach and where i was the debate coach in high school there right the rule is if somebody tells a big

fat lie and you don't shoot it down that lie stands, so the people watching television hear mitt romney tell these lies and obama doesn't respond. people think romney's telling the truth. >> he's got to do pants on fire. >> bill: always good to have you in studio. >> check my e book. >> bill: we'll put a link on our website. i'll be back with a quick parting shot. thanks. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me.

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>> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the big. >> bill: on this monday, october 15, my parting shot for the day as my days here in television in washington, i have met most of the colorful characters in this town but none more so than arlen specter who died this weekend at the age of 82. we lost one of the last moderates in the republican party. the sad truth is there's no room anymore in the republican party for people like arlen specter. in fact, they drove him out of the party into the arms of the democrats. but we need people like specter people who are willing to compromise, people willing to work with the other side, people who put the nation and the good of the nation ahead of their party. arlen specter, may he rest in peace, and may many more like him come along. john fugelsang will be here tomorrow joined by judd lagan.

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